Shoe lace and fastening therefor



Sept. 2, 1930. G. G. YUGAWA 1,775,013

\ SHQE LACE 4ND FASTENING THEREFOR File'd June 7, 1929 WITNESSES 764-60796 azg 'gg zgyawa BY M ATTORNEYS I for. r Y 7 v 20 A stillfurtherobject of the present invenof .thedrawingsl- It will be notedthat the 40 that the sameis illustrated in an oxford type pressedandheld in tight frictional engage- 2 1 The lace forming part of tpatentdlsepf- 2. 1930 ,1 r 1,775,013.

" Applicationfiledz l'une 7, 129.-=" seria1 no; 869,166.

This invention relates to Shoelaces and The eXtremitie'sof thelace whicheXtend fastenings therefor. v fromthe top of theeyelets .12are adaptedIt is among the objects of the present intobe secure'dtogetherby asuitable clip- 14=.. vention to provide a'novel and improved clas Thesides ofthe terminals of thelace 'are V 5 tic'shoe lace, by the useofwhich asubstanangularly cut, as shown in Fig. ywhereby .55 I jtiallyiresilient closure for a shoe upper is a pointed extremity isprovided which will I I provided. assist in theextension ;of the-lacethrough" V A'further object of the presentinventi-on the eyelets 12. isto provide a-shoe lace of the class described, By referring more,particularly to-Figs. 2 10 the ends of which are cut to provide termiandlfofthe drawings, it 'will be seenthat nals which maybe easily threadedthrough the lacing 11 includesyasmooth under-surthe' conventionaleyelets of a shoe upper. face, the cross section thereof being substan-A still further object of the present inventiallyrectangular while theupper surface tion is to provide a shoe lace of the class of thelaceisprovided with a pluralityf'of 15 described, which includes acorrugated'surlongitudinally extending ribs'15 which serve 6 facewhereby longitudinally extending rein- .thedual purpose of materiallystrengthening V forcing ribs are provided for. the lace vand thelacing'and, at-thesame-time, providing 7 V whereby a simulation offabric is provided forasiinulation of fabric,1the latter purpose of'thelacing being well illustrated in Fig. 1 tion is to provide'a noveland improvedlaclongitudinal extension of the ribs 15 proing clip whichmay be used to secure resilient .vides for the prevention of unduestretching V I V lacings together to obviate the necessity of andbreaking at angulartwists in the lacing. tying. v 5 It will befurthernoted, asseen in 'Fig. 2, Other objects and features ofthe'present in the securing of the ends of the lacing toinventionwillbeapparent from a'considera gether. the corrugations ofthe underlyingtion of the following specification taken in portions of the lacingprovides'for afriction' conjunction with the accompanying drawgrip withthe smooth under surface ofthe ings, in which I Y 1 overlying portion ofthe lacing. V 7 Figure l is atop plan View of a shoe em- Byreferring'moreparticularly to Figs. 2 bodying the present invention; ive and 3, thepresent invention includes thepro Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtaken on lines 2,2 I vision of a novel and improved'means for of Fig 1;I j I V g securing the extremities. of thelacing. t0.-

' Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on lines 3-'3 getherh The clip, asseen, in Fig. 2', includes of Fig. 2, and g a'substantially U-shapedbendablebody." The $5 Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of 'a' portioncontacting portions of'the extremities of the :of the lace. i 7 lace areadapted to be received between-the In connection. with the presentinvention. legs of the U, and by bending theIclip,'the it will be seenby referringto the drawings, adjoining sections ofthe lace may "be" de-'shoe indicated bythenumeral 10. It will be ment as shown in Fig. 3. Forsecuring thef understood, of course,1that the lace maybe legs of the Uin the bended or gripping porused in conjunction with various types oftion shown in Fig.3, the forward extremity shoes either for men orwomen.of, one leg is provided with an inwardly eX,--

he present inventending detent 16, which is adapted ,to cotion,indicated by the numeral 11, is formed operate with and be received inan aperture 1 of resilient material, such as rubber or its 17 in theopposite leg, whereby whenthe deequivalent, and is arranged throughthe'jeyevice is in gripping position, the same may be" i lets 12 of theshoe upper13 inany cenvenlocked therein by the engagement of the'de- 5tional manner. tent 16in the, aperture 17. .9

p In theuse of the present invention, it Will bereadilyseen that thelace 11 may beinvlents may be resorted to from the spirit or scope ofserted through the eyelets 12 in the conventional mannerand that afterproperly adjusting the same the clip 14 may be utilized for securing theextremities of the lace together; I The shoe may then beplaced upon thefoot, the resiliency of the elastic lace providing for a separation ofthe co-operatings edges of the upper of the shoe to permit the footto beinserted into the shoe. The resiliency of the rubber also providesareturn of the co-operating edges of the upper to secure the shoe on thefoot andfto provide a resilient closure forthe upper.

rorn the foregoing it will be readily seen that the present and improvedlace and clip therefor.

It will be understood that the present invention' is not confined to thespecific details herein'disclosed but that numerous changes andmodifications and the full use ofequiva- Without departing the presentinvention as outlined in the appendedclaim. What is claimed is: i As anarticle of manufacture, ashoe lace formed entirely of solidelasticmaterial and being substantially rectangular in cross section,one surface of said lace including longi- 'tudinallysextending'ribsformed to simulate a conventional fabric lace, the ends of saidlacebeingangularly cutto provideipointed lacing terminals.

7 GEORGE GIJ U YUGAWA.

invention provides a novel

